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Laura Gallagher

@lauragallagher.bsky.social
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PhD Researcher @ Ulster Uni School of Psychology investigating unintentional childhood injury using the Millennium Cohort Study. Interested in injury prevention, mental health, health inequalities, social determinants of health. She/her

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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Well that's disappointing to say the least. I relished teaching Chomsky in psychology after falling in love with his work on propaganda in the 2000s. It just confirms what intersectional feminism has always known about so-called progressive men.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote to Epstein. “That’s particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder.”
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Ecstatic that CLS featured my research into ethnicity and childhood injury. I found the results so interesting and I'd love to hear what others think!
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
How about that I passed my viva and finished my PhD! 🥳🥳
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨🧪 NEW STUDY ALERT: Read it here: rdcu.be/eD7c6 Children from Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black African & other minority ethnic backgrounds in the UK are LESS likely to suffer unintentional injuries than white children, despite facing disproportionate disadvantage.🧵1/4 #PsychSky #MedSky #AcademicSky
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I hope Martine Croxall faces consequences for her petty, discriminatory, and unprofessional behaviour. If 'woke' presenters must face disciplinary action after expressing their views while not at work, it's surely even less acceptable for a newsreader insert their opinion into an on-air news piece.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
As a *very* pregnant woman, I just want to reiterate that the inclusive term 'pregnant people' takes absolutely nothing away from me and the fact that other people who aren't women can also be pregnant doesn't mean I'm not a woman. Also, are women not people?
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I love Leo Varadkar's optimistic view that NI would shun a Reform government in Westminster for a progressive one in Dublin. It's cute and all but holy moly is this his first time visiting?
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/06/2025
The Madleen, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is one of several Gaza-bound vessels intercepted by Israel.
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Freedom Flotillas: A history of attempts to break Israel’s siege of Gaza
The Madleen, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is one of several Gaza-bound vessels intercepted by Israel.
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Extinction Rebellion UK @xrebellionuk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
URGENT: UK MUST ACT TO PROTECT THE MADLEEN & ITS CIVILIAN CREW 🚨Greta Thunberg & other peaceful protestors have been abducted by Israeli forces from the UK-flagged aid ship Madleen on intl waters It was delivering life-saving supplies to Gaza This is a violation of intl law and UK sovereignty...
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Feeling strangely hopeful for humanity between tracking Madleen and seeing so many people stand up to the likes of ICE and attending anti-genocide protests across the world. I don't know if it's just my echo chamber but it feels like we're approaching some kind of tipping point.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Old white men: How can we get young women to have more babies? Young women: Generous paid shared parental leave; affordable, high quality childcare, a decent living wage; and affordable housing. Old white men: What about a medal?
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
women celebrating embedding in law of biological determinism which is used to reinforce gendered hierarchies, & embracing the hetropatriachal binary which has negatively impacted the lives of all women are not feminists despite their claim to be,they are transphobic handmaidens of the patriarchy.
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We - the Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland - have released a statement on the UKSC’s ruling today.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
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Tina O'Toole @isdoighliom.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Posting in solidarity with friends and colleagues in the UK today 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. It should be that simple. It will take a while for all the practical implications of today's ruling to shake out but for now, from this cis woman and feminist, I'm thinking of everyone affected by today's ruling.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Some good news! I just found out that our systematic review is among the top ten cited articles for Child: Care, Health and Development for 2023! Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #TopCitedArticle #psychology #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky @wiley.com @ulsteruni.bsky.social 🧪
Certificate from Wiley for top cited article in Child: Care, Health and Development
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The question remains - why is this government stripping vital support away from millions of people when a 2% wealth tax on multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise many, many times more? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Up to 1.2m disabled people will lose thousands in UK welfare overhaul, experts warn
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, laid out plans for £5bn savings but faces rebellion from some Labour MPs
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What a depressing day in the news. More evil airstrikes on civilians by Israel. A return to austerity by the tories in red, making the most vulnerable in a deeply unequal society pay the price for a failing economy that's already reduced their quality of life.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
St Patrick was once enslaved in Ireland and, in the ultimate act of vengeance, gave us Christianity.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
@ccriadoperez.bsky.social I just noticed ITV has billed the rugby as the 'Men's Six Nations'. Don't know how long its been like this but a positive development!
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪 In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach! Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
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A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's very reassuring to see all the negative Civ 7 reviews because in this stage of life I won't have time to play for literal years. I was feeling left out.
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Why is girls' mental health getting worse? And why are they suffering more than boys? There are no easy answers – and simply blaming social media or Covid doesn't add up, experts tell Zofia Niemtus in our investigation ⬇️
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What’s really going on with teenage girls?
There is a gender divide when it comes to students’ mental health, with girls more likely to experience challenges. Zofia Niemtus tries to find out why
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
That's more like it! FFG could never. #SpéirGhorm
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
A great read for today! #SpeirGorm
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Happy 1st of Spring!
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I haven't seen any articles mention it but if DeepSeek uses less computational power than existing models like ChatGPT, does that mean it's inherently less harmful to the environment as well? #AI
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
What an unsatisfying ending to the #TraitorsUK The last two to go were the loveliest ones!
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Seeing lots of talk of cyclogenesis, bomb cyclone, and sting jets but I don't know what it means. Any resident meteorologists or clever weather watchers want to explain for us laypeople? #StormÉowyn
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just heard the news reader pronouncing Éowyn and realised I've been pronouncing it wrong all day. This must be how the English feel when Met Eireann name the storms.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I love a good storm but I'm a bit spooked by Storm Éowyn! Thinking especially of all the people affected by defective blocks in the NW. #speirgorm
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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
There are as many men called James in Ireland's new government as there are women #speirgorm #ge24
The full cabinet list is:
Taoiseach - Michel Martin
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence - Simon Harris
Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation - Jack Chambers
Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration - Jim
O'Callaghan
Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural, Community Development and the Gaeltacht - Dara Calleary
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage -
James Browne
Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy and Minister for Transport - Darragh O'Brien
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science - James Lawless
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality - Norma Foley
Minister for Finance - Paschal Donohoe
Minister for Health - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Minister for Education and Youth - Helen McEntee
Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine - Martin Heydon
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment - Peter Burke
Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
- Patrick O'Donovan
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Really driving me up the wall that Livi keeps saying you have to go with your gut when that's absolutely the worst way to play this game! Going with your gut is really just going with all your unconscious biases #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
FTSE 100 bosses have already made more money in 2025 than the average worker makes in a year -according to the @highpaycentre.bsky.social. This isn't a fair distribution of the wealth that workers are responsible for generating.
Headline: FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Over the Christmas break I forgot to do wordle one day and broke my streak and it's been so liberating. I feel free!
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we teamed up with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social to call for a fairer asylum system. Share this video & let people in power know we need real solutions – not fearmongering 💛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgz... #HumanRights #PaidPartnership #RefugeesWelcome
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It's time to have a serious conversation about migration.
YouTube video by Amnesty International UK
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WHO @who.int · 18/12/2024
It’s #InternationalMigrantsDay Today, 1 billion people—1 in every 8 persons—are on the move. Let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant can access timely, affordable & dignified healthcare. Interested in country case studies on migrant health? Explore our new interactive dashboard: bit.ly/4ft0jwR
1 billion people are on the move today—seeking safety, opportunity, and better lives. On International Migrant Day, let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant and refugee has access to timely, affordable and dignified healthcare.
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Diane Zorich @dzorich.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
My colleague, Isabella Bruno, developed a great resource for those who need access to academic publications but are not affiliated with academic organizations.
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How can I access research resources when not attached to an academic institution? | Notion
There are so many ways! I found some while looking on Reddit and thanks to all the academic folks out there calling B$ on paywalled research.
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Cyber Police @cyberpolice23.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Track #StormDarragh live here, with wind & rain radar and also live cameras in red and orange counties #Storm #TrackingWeather #Weather www.youtube.com/live/IDkixgF...
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Woke up to the booming arrival of #stormdarragh after hours of eerie calm! Spent the last fifteen minutes trying to coax my nonplussed elderly cat inside who was intent on riding it out in the open air. Is there a Darragh feed for the night owls?
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Super disappointed in my baby whose bedtime begins as the toy show starts. What a traitor. I can't wait to catch up tomorrow and will be simultaneously scrolling the #speirgorm highlights!
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Great news! And weirdly progressive for here
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It's already the 6th of December and I haven't watched a Christmas film yet this year. It's an utter disgrace.
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Top five looking very different this year. As much as I like Vivaldi,my entire top five is down to the newest member of the family 👶🏻 leeching off my Spotify premium account
Spotify wrapped top five artists of 2024. 1  vivaldi 2 The wiggles 3 Karoly botvay 4 Deliberately 5 Bach
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Cyber Police @cyberpolice23.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Small Irish businesses to support this holiday season. 🌲☘️❄️☃️ I'm starting a list of small Irish businesses people can shop with to support local Irish people. I will post below in this thread,please feel free to DM me to have others added #Shopsmall #ShopLocal #SmallIrishBusiness #SupportLocal
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
What does it mean for housing? Just more pandering to big investors? #GE24
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Laura Gallagher @lauragallagher.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It looks like the transfers from the far right are going to be very interesting tomorrow in Donegal. Are there any insights from elsewhere so far? #GE24
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